Conor McGregor, 36-year-old UFC legend who has 22 wins and 6 losses, has urged his hometown to become a crypto hub by implementing a digital asset sanctuary.
He claimed that Crypto’s origins were “established to empower people,” and co-hosted a Twitter (X) space to “talk about what I want to see and change.”
The code of origin of ITS was established to empower people.
Ireland’s Bitcoin Strategic Reserve empowers people’s money.
We’re co-hosting a Twitter space to discuss what we want to see.
Winning over Ireland!
– Conor McGregor (@thenotoriousmma) May 9, 2025
He spoke about both crypto and bitcoin from the perspective of Irish reserves, but many of the comments under his original post urged him and his country to focus solely on the biggest digital assets.
Anthony Pompliano was one of the first people McGregor called for a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve in Ireland.
The concept of countries adopting BTC as a strategic reserve asset has been spoken for many years within the community. However, until recently, it was a distant dream.
The idea is that Bitcoin has similar qualities like gold, and yellow metal is used to support a large number of Fiat currencies, and is still holding mass by many central banks. So why not BTC?
Now, critics have argued for the past few years that Bitcoin is too young and unstable and has yet to mature in such a responsible position. However, after the US election, the tide changed.
Current US President Donald Trump has dabbled in the idea of establishing a Bitcoin strategic reserve in the country, and there have been multiple debates on the issue among various countries. It feels too early, but as most of it is – debate and blatant rejection – it can be seen as a move in the right direction. You have to start somewhere, right?